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Within A Date Time Rangeby mumbles (Friar) |
on Jul 07, 2001 at 07:25 UTC ( [id://94680]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
mumbles has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question: (Somehow I feel this has been done before but I was unable to find it) All I want to accomplish on an NT system is given a starting date and time and an ending date and time check if the current date and time fall within the range. Well, it sounded simple enough when I started the adventure but soon spun into a monster that is beyond my level and now I feel I must ask for some assistance. I think the logic is working, but it looks so different than the succinct code I see here on a daily basis. The exit() statements, among other things, seems not very perlish. Somehow it must be possible to gracefully construct this depending on a nice if/else statement or, as I fear, one ingenious line. There has got to be a better way. When I began this snippet from what will be my first real script (beyond "hello world") I was even looking up how to print so please take that in to consideration. By now I know very well how to print and rarely forget a terminating ";" although all those different brackets still leave me scratching my head :) Please, all hints, suggestions, and the harshest criticism taken with the greatest appreciation. Lead me to the light...
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